Acres & Acres

How Was Last Weekend?

Chris Beytes

I thought I’d tell you how your season went, just in case you were too busy living through it to notice.

Cover Story

Are Your Prices Right?

Jennifer Zurko

How some of your peers have handled the current environment of rising costs and the continuous lack of labor.

Culture Notes

Combinations With Coleus

Becky Lacy

New trailing genetics in this class expand into fantastic mixes.

Features

Common Root Diseases

Nathan Wallace-Springer

Symptoms and cultural controls for treatment and prevention.

Features

Danziger: Horticultural Pioneers

Chris Beytes

Occasionally, GrowerTalks likes to reveal little-known details about the birth, growth or success of a well-known horticultural business. This month: Danziger, founded by young immigrants seeking independence and pursuing an ideology.

Features

Emerging Specialty Cut Flowers

Caleb Spall & Roberto Lopez

A study of flower induction in marigold and witchgrass.

Features

Highlights From CAST

Chris Beytes, Jennifer Zurko, Bill Calkins & Osvaldo Cuevas

Back to its expected April timeframe, with most of the regular exhibitors on hand and few pandemic excuses to ruin the fun, the California Spring Trials were as close to “normal” as one can get when looking at hundreds (thousands?) of plants between LA and San Fran. This month, we focus on what’s new in annuals for 2023.

Features

Plug & Cutting Conference Sneak Peek

Jennifer Zurko

We’re previewing what you’ll be doing and learning about during this fall conference. This month: the interactive tour and workshops.

Features

Poinsettia Heat Delay

Paul Millar & James E. Faust

When is your crop at risk?

Features

Reap the Rewards of Research

Julie Martens Forney

Want to know the secret to making profits in this economic roller coaster? Research. Targeted research aimed to solve real-world problems yields results that can change the way you do business. Sound too good to be true? It’s not. It’s just part of what the American Floral Endowment does for growers like you.

Growers Talk Business

Time Marches On

Bill Swanekamp

I’ve reached a milestone in my life that I’ve been anticipating for over a decade. Yes, I’ve reached the time when I need to retire.

Growers Talk Production

Frequent Hardy Mum Concerns

Michael DeBerti

Being aware of some of the issues and exploring production tips, you’ll be able to make your mum crop the success you’re growing for.

GT in Brief

2022 AFE Scholarship Recipients Announced

Jennifer Zurko

The graduate work of this year’s Paul Ecke, Jr. and Altman Family Scholarship recipients is already reshaping the floriculture and horticulture industry with improvements for growers and environmental benefits.

GT in Brief

AmericanHort Welcomes New Board Members & Slate of Officers for 2022-2023

Jennifer Zurko

AmericanHort announced the election of four new members to the board of directors, along with the election of a new slate of board officers.

GT in Brief

Data From the 50-State Floriculture Crops Survey

Dr. Marvin Miller

USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service released the Floriculture Crops data for the 2021 calendar year in late May.

GT in Brief

Drone School for Professional Horticulturists

Matthew Chappell

If you’re a professional horticulturist in need of some training on the latest technology and regulations, then the University of Maryland is providing a training that you could certainly benefit from.

GT in Brief

It’s Floriade Time!

Chris Beytes

Floriade 2022 has kicked off in Almere, the Netherlands, near Amsterdam.

GT in Brief

On The Move

Jennifer Zurko

Bailey; Ball Horticultural Company; Ball Seed; BioWorks; ErfGoed; Pleasant View Gardens

GT in Brief

Registration Open for Farwest

Jennifer Zurko

The three-day 2022 Farwest Show takes place Wednesday, August 24 through Friday, August 26 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon.

Guest Column

Marigolds in Fall?

Stanton Gill

For years, this group of flowering plants has been associated with summer-flowering plants. Actually, it turns out it does very nicely with the fall cooler weather and really comes into its own with outstanding flower displays in October.

Guest Column

Ukraine: Marketing in a Crisis

Regina Razumovskaya & John Stanley

In Ukraine, all of its citizens are all living in a crisis that they’ve never faced before. In a war, where no country will remain untouched, we as businesses can be part of the solution.

Inside Look

Foreshadowing & Hope

Jennifer Zurko

Turns out my June 2019 story served as a bit of foreshadowing because we’re talking about pricing again.

JZ on D.C.

Farm Labor Survey Points to Daunting Labor Cost Increases for 2023

Jennifer Zurko

With the release of the first and second-quarter data from USDA’s NASS Farm Labor Survey in May, growers who use the H-2A program have more insight into where next year’s H-2A “adverse effect wage rate” (AEWR) is headed.

Pest Management

New Insect Pressure for 2022 & Beyond

Stanton Gill

We’ve been flooded with problems in horticulture during 2021. Now we have another to add to the list.

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American Coolair Corporation

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